Babysitter attacked by fox in Madison

4:46 PM,
May 4, 2012

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| Staff Report

A 23-year-old woman was attacked by a fox Thursday as she showed up for work as a babysitter.

Caroline Malia was knocking on the front door of 7 Longview Ave., where she babysits at 9:12 a.m., when she was approached by what she thought was a large cat, according to Lt. Darren Dachisen, a Police Department spokesman.

The cat turned out to be a fox, and it attacked her legs, Dachisen said. ...